Justice Bassey Nkanang of the Akwa Ibom State High Court today August 4 sentenced Uduak Akpan to death by hanging for the murder of Iniubong Umoren. Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy, University of Uyo, was killed in April 2021 by Akpan. The deceased was job hunting while awaiting mobilization for the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Thursday, August 4, set ablaze over 560,068.31414 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs, the largest to be destroyed in the 32-year history of the anti-narcotic agency. Leading other top officials of NDLEA, other security agencies and members of the public in the burning of heaps of illicit drugs, Chairman/Chief…
The proprietor of Tana Suites, Ogbomoso, Olugbenga Owolabi, and one of his workers, Rachael Opadele, a final year student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, who were kidnapped last week were killed by their abductors after ransom payment. A motorcycle operator, who carried a family member with the ransom to the designated spot in the bush along Ogbomoso-Ilorin…
A woman on a sick bed has been abducted by bandits in Anguwar Malamai village in Kakeyi, Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Daily Trust reported that the gunmen arrived at the village around 12am on Thursday August 4, proceeded straight to the resident of Alhaji Shuaibu Dallatu and kidnapped his wife. A villager told the publication; …
Ismaila Mustapha, better known as Mompha, has reacted after he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency released a wanted person’s poster with Mompha’s face on it and asked the public to provide information on his whereabouts. The EFCC said that Mompha failed to appear in court for…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, a wanted person. EFCC in a statement on Wednesday, August 3, called on members of the public with useful information on his whereabouts to contact the anti-graft agency. “Wanted by the EFCC: Ismaila Mustapha. Anyone with useful…
As part of new plans to combat terrorism in Nigeria, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday, August 3, launched an offensive operation called ‘Operation Show no Mercy. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, while launching the operation at a meeting with NAF commanders, tasked the senior air troops to deal with…
Bandits attacked Manchok in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State and killed the father of a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Philip Daniel Yatai, and abducted his 21-year-old niece, Brenda Friday. The gunmen also abducted the rector of the Federal School of Statistics, Machok, Amos Magbon. Mr Yatai, 86, is a retiree of the Nigeria…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has busted and dismantled a major clandestine laboratory in Anambra state where the dangerous illicit drug, crystal methamphetamine, called Mkpuru Mmiri in local parlance, was produced for distribution across Nigeria and export. Chairman of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa disclosed this on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, when…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has released pictures of Chris Nwezi, the owner of a meth laboratory busted by its agents in the Victoria Garden City estate in Lagos state.d Over the weekend, men of the anti-drug agency carried out a sting operation in the estate and arrested the suspect who they had been…
The incident occurred just after midday along the expressway. Three persons have been confirmed dead while four others have sustained varying degrees of injuries after a vehicle rammed into motorcycles on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The incident which occurred at around 12:30 pm on Thursday happened at Arepo Bus Stop in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area…
Dubai has reportedly banned visa applications for Nigerians over the viral fight in Satwa. The ban comes after some African immigrants, including some Nigerians, caused chaos in the UAE. A video from the incident shows young men with machetes wreaking havoc in the neighbourhood at night. They broke the side windows of a car, destroyed other…
New revelations have been made about the spread of banditry in Nigeria and the activities of bandits. One of the notorious bandits’ leaders who carried out the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls at the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe town in Zamfara State in February 2021 have revealed that the Nigerian government coughed up…
A Nigerian man has bragged that he partakes in rituals in order to defraud white people. The young man took to social media to reveal how he does it. In a viral video of him bragging about being involved in a money ritual, a priestess could be seen carrying out a ritual by a river…
The Olofa of Ofatedo, Oba Abdulahi Okunloye’s son, Yinusa Okunloye has been murdered. He was killed by a suspected cult group. A 43-year-old Okunloye was murdered in the wee hours of Saturday at his residence in Ofatedo, Egbedore Local Government area of Osun State. Sources told DAILY POST that the prince was called out of his…
Obinna Obeta, a Nigerian doctor residing in the UK has been charged in court. He is accused of plotting with former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, to traffic a homeless man into the UK to harvest a kidney for their daughter. Obeta, 50, appeared before the Bexley Magistrate court on Thursday, July 13,…
A 17-year-old student killed by security operatives attached to the state’s special security outfits, OP MESA, while chasing suspected yahoo boys has been identified. She has been identified as Sadiat, a female student of Unity High School in Ago Ika area of Abeokuta, Ogun State on Thursday, July 21. She’s the SS 2 student who…
The Dubai Police has arrested a group of African nationals including Nigerians involved in a violent brawl. Videos of the fight that went viral on social media showed the suspects assaulting each other and damaging public property. The police in a statement on Thursday, July 21, 2022, said the suspects are of African origin and…
Barring any last-minute changes, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Friday, July 21, arraign a former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, before Justice A.O. Adeyemi Ajayi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja. Idris will be arraigned alongside three others: Godfrey Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Kudu Usman and Gezawa Commodity…
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have busted a fake Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) centre in Jobi Fele Way, Alausa Business District, Alausa, Ikeja. A statement released by SP Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesperson of the state police command, said five suspects manning the center were equally arrested for forgery and impersonating CAC officials. He said…
